Abnormal Psychology Links

• How Childhood Trauma May Make the Brain Vulnerable to Addiction, Depression
• What Genius and Autism Have in Common
• Brain Disease Is Found in Veterans Exposed to Bombs
• DSM 5 Could Mean 40% of College Students Are Alcoholics
• Psychopaths vs. Sadists: Brain Science, Public Fascination
• Tiger Mom Approach Makes Cubs Depressed, a Study Says
• DSM-5 Debate: Committee Backs Off Some Changes, Re-Opens Comments
• DSM-5 Debate: Committee Backs Off Some Changes, Re-Opens Comments
• DSM-5 Debate: Committee Backs Off Some Changes, Re-Opens Comments
• Study: Playing a Video Game Helps Teens Beat Depression
• Treating depression with electrodes inside the brain
• Scientists Link Rare Gene Mutations to Heightened Risk of Autism
• How Child Abuse Primes the Brain for Future Mental Illness | Healthland | TIME.com
• Is Twitter Really More Addictive than Alcohol? The Vagaries of Will and Desire
• Genes May Be Missing Link Between Creativity, Mental Illness

CONCEPTS for normal and abnormality

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Defining_Normalcy_John Crane.pdf

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Use this document (written by John Crane) to help you when you are making notes / writing an assignment on definitions of abnormality.

Discuss cultural and gender variations in prevalence of disorders - Focus on Depression

ISSUES with DIAGNOSIS

Evaluating - Therapy and Treatments

OCD Resources

RESOURCES & sample exam answers for Abnormal

DSM-IV Diagnostic Criteria

sampleanswer abn bio and disorder.pdf

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Revision Notes three disorders.pdf

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Eating Disorder Study

Fiji study

STUDENT PROJECT PAGE - Please review projects to support class review...

Disorders Projects

Project Learning Outcomes
(#6) Describe symptoms and prevalence of ONE disorder from TWO of the following groups: anxiety disorders, affective (mood) disorders, and eating disorders.
(#7) Analyze etiologies (in terms of biological, cognitive, and/or sociocultural factors) of ONE disorder from TWO of the following groups: anxiety disorders, affective (mood) disorders, and eating disorders.
(#9) Examine biomedical, individual, and group approaches to the treatment of one disorder.
(#12) Discuss the relationship between etiology and therapeutic approach in relation to one disorder.